Chapter 459 - 309: Lucia’s Challenge Quest: Thrash the Judgment Saintess?
He sat on the sofa and opened the treasure chest Edith had given him.
As the lid slowly opened, a faint fragrance wafted out, but the contents of the chest made his expression turn grave in an instant.
"What is all this?" Su Xuan frowned, taking a pink potion bottle from the chest, his heart filled with confusion.
[Lust Potion (Elite): A potion that can increase lust. It can also rapidly restore Life Magic Power.]
And there were over twenty such bottles in the chest!
In addition, there was a pile of what looked like randomly assorted, but were in fact carefully selected, jerky—all rare items used to strengthen the body.
Clearly, this whole chest was full of potent tonics that Edith had painstakingly prepared for him!
"Hm?"
While carefully examining the chest’s contents, Su Xuan suddenly spotted a peculiar little item in the corner.
The small item had a strange shape, resembling a string of translucent, crystalline Jade Pearls linked together, and it emitted a faint glow.
[? (Epic): ?]
But he was unable to view the item’s description; he only knew that it was an Epic item.
’Strange...’
Su Xuan rubbed the tip of his nose, filled with curiosity about the strange little item.
"What are you looking at?"
Suddenly, a voice made him jump slightly.
He lost his grip on the item in his hand, and it fell to the floor.
Su Xuan turned his head to see Lucia, who had appeared behind him at some point. Her golden-red eyes stared intently at him from behind her white veil.
"Lucia, why are you here so early today?" Su Xuan asked as he quickly picked up the item from the floor.
"Nothing’s going on at the Church Court, so naturally I came early." Lucia glanced at Su Xuan, then asked, "Did you just get back?"
"Yeah."
Su Xuan nodded, but he didn’t know that Lucia had actually followed him to Edith’s residence.
"What did Lady Rose have you do? It took the whole night? Could it be..." Lucia’s tone held a hint of interrogation, and her eyes narrowed slightly.
Although Lucia had also gone to Edith’s residence, she didn’t know what had actually happened inside the palace.
Edith was unwilling to tell her, so she had no choice but to come and ask her President directly.
Su Xuan thought for a moment, then answered, "Er... helping a group of Little Succubi learn Magic."
In a way, his answer wasn’t wrong.
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Upon hearing Su Xuan’s answer, a flicker of light flashed through Lucia’s eyes.
’Helping Little Succubi learn Magic?’
She didn’t believe Su Xuan’s lie for a second. After shooting him a cold glance, she said, "Sometimes you need to stay rational. Don’t let the little head control the big one."
"Okay, I’ll be sure to remember your words, Lucia." Su Xuan nodded obediently. ’Listening to Lucia is never wrong!’
"By the way..." Lucia’s attention was suddenly drawn to the strange item in Su Xuan’s hand. She asked curiously, "What is that?"
Su Xuan shook his head, indicating he didn’t know either. "I don’t know. Edith gave it to me. Its purpose is unclear."
"Then throw it away. What good could she possibly give you!"
Lucia rolled her eyes, full of hostility toward Edith.
Su Xuan didn’t say anything, simply stowing the item silently in his bag.
Then, he turned to Lucia and said, "Our goal today is to complete three challenge quests."
Because the special quest to upgrade to a C+ Level Guild was rather complex, the Guild’s Level advancement was restricted.
But Su Xuan found it strange that a quest to help the Elf Kingdom resolve a crisis that could wipe them out was only a special commission for upgrading to a C+ Level Guild... ’I’m definitely being suppressed by the Adventurer’s Association!’
The difficulty of this quest was absolutely comparable to an A-Level quest!
Fortunately, they only needed to help the Elf Kingdom successfully resist the Undead Monarch’s invasion.
Otherwise, even an A-Level Guild would find this quest difficult to complete.
"Mm, okay."
Lucia didn’t seem to care much about it, just nodding lightly.
"Alright then, let me see, Lucia’s challenge quest is..."
𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Su Xuan was about to open Lucia’s challenge quest, and his words immediately caught her attention.
"Are... are you starting with mine?" Lucia asked curiously.
"Yes," Su Xuan replied without further comment, carefully examining the description of Lucia’s challenge quest.
[Lucia’s Breakthrough Challenge!]
[Quest Description: Lucia has always wanted to teach a certain Saintess a lesson, but has been unable to for various reasons. She hopes you can help her.]
[Quest Objective: Beat up Judgment Saintess Kaelis!]
[Quest Reward: Level Up! (+1 Super Rare Trait)!]
"Beat someone up?"
Su Xuan was stunned when he saw Lucia’s breakthrough challenge.
’Aren’t breakthrough challenges supposed to be about overcoming one’s own limits? Why is Lucia’s challenge quest telling me to go beat someone up?’
"Um, Lucia?" Su Xuan turned to her, asking with some confusion, "This Saintess named Kaelis, how did she get on your bad side?"
"Kaelis?" Lucia pondered for a moment after hearing the name, then replied in a cold voice, "She’s a brute who only knows how to fight. She’s always pestering me. It’s incredibly annoying."
"And... how strong is she?" Su Xuan pressed.
"She’s decent. Ranks third among the current seven Saintesses," Lucia said nonchalantly.
’Third rank...’
Hearing Lucia’s answer, Su Xuan’s gaze instantly turned serious.
He had previously witnessed the power of White Silk Saintess Vanessa and knew she was far beyond his current capabilities.
That meant Kaelis, ranked third, even if slightly weaker than Vanessa, had to be a powerhouse of at least Level 80 or higher.
"This..." Su Xuan couldn’t help but feel this was a difficult task.
"What? Is my challenge quest related to her?" Lucia noticed Su Xuan’s complicated expression and asked in return.
"Yeah." Su Xuan nodded and continued, "The quest condition is that I personally have to be the one to teach her a lesson. Do you think I have a chance?"
Without a moment’s hesitation, Lucia replied decisively, "No."
"..."
After hearing that, Su Xuan awkwardly rubbed the tip of his nose and fell silent for a moment.
"However," Lucia continued, pointing out a possible path for Su Xuan, "there is a special area in the Bright Church Court. If you can fight her there, you might have a chance."
"What place?" Su Xuan asked curiously.
"The Land of Light Judgment." Lucia turned her head, looked Su Xuan straight in the eye, and explained in detail, "In that area, no living being can use Magic or the Power of Faith. Only pure physical combat is possible."
"Only physical combat?" Hearing this, a glimmer of hope flashed in Su Xuan’s eyes.
"However..."
Lucia suddenly seemed to remember something, but after a moment’s hesitation, the corner of her mouth curved into a smile. "That’s the only place you’ll have a chance, but you’d better prepare thoroughly. With your current physical Power, you probably can’t take her on."
"Why is that?"
"Although she’s a Saintess of the Bright Church Court, she’s also the granddaughter of a Cardinal and has undergone harsh training with the regulators since she was a child," Lucia explained. "Therefore, her physical strength is the greatest among the seven Saintesses."
"..."
Su Xuan’s brow furrowed. He had a feeling that Lucia’s challenge quest wasn’t going to be as easy to complete as he’d thought.
However, he already had a plan in mind. He would bring Mare Rhine along with him.
’Two against one... We should win, right?’
"Help me set up a meeting with her," Su Xuan said to Lucia, having made his decision.
"Let’s set it for this afternoon, then," Lucia said calmly, but her eyes held a hidden, barely perceptible hint of schadenfreude.
"Deal!"
Su Xuan nodded. He wanted to complete Lucia’s challenge quest as soon as possible so the Guild could get its second member above Level 50.
Besides that, he opened Ivsha’s breakthrough challenge quest, curious to see what her quest would be.
[Ivsha’s Breakthrough Challenge!]
[Quest Description: Ivsha wants to get lewd!]
[Quest Objective: 100 times!]
[Quest Reward: Level Up! (+1 Super Rare Trait)!]
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When Su Xuan saw Ivsha’s breakthrough challenge quest, his expression immediately turned grave.
’Her breakthrough quest is just as strange as Lucia’s...’
’But in comparison, it seems a little simpler.’
’A mere hundred times, that’s all~’